Frozen Ardor

Chongyun

★★★★CryoClaymore
Constellation
Nubis Caesor
Region
Tianheng Thaumaturges
Birthday
September 7
Released in version
1.0
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A young exorcist from a family of exorcists. He does everything he can to suppress his abundance of yang energy.

Stats at level

Lv. 90
Base HP
10,984
Base ATK
223
Base DEF
648
ATK
24.0%

Build patch 7.1, updated 9/24/2026

Support

Weapons

  1. 1Wolf's Gravestone ★★★★★
  2. 2Serpent Spine ★★★★
  3. 3Redhorn Stonethresher ★★★★★
  4. 4Beacon of the Reed Sea ★★★★★
  5. 5The Unforged ★★★★★

Artifacts

  1. 1Blizzard Strayer + Noblesse Oblige2 + 2
  2. 2Emblem of Severed Fate4-piece
  3. 3Blizzard Strayer + Shimenawa's Reminiscence2 + 2
  4. 4Noblesse Oblige + Shimenawa's Reminiscence2 + 2
  5. 5Blizzard Strayer + Emblem of Severed Fate2 + 2
SandsATK% / Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery
GobletCryo DMG Bonus
CircletCRIT Rate / DMG
SubstatsCRIT Rate / DMG > ATK% > Elemental Mastery

A short build based on community data: role — support, options go from best to fallback. A detailed guide hasn't been written yet.

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Teams

Is it worth pulling team damage gain, gcsim simulation

How much the whole team's damage grows compared to C0 with Serpent Spine (R5). Gains are cumulative: C2 includes C1.

Best 5★ weapon (R1)Wolf's Gravestone
+0%
or
C1
First constellationone more copy of the character
+0.3%

Neither the weapon nor the first constellation adds much — better save your pulls for new characters.

  1. C1+0.3% (+0.3% vs previous)safe to skip
  2. C2+0.1% (−0.2% vs previous)safe to skip
  3. C3+1.3% (+1.2% vs previous)safe to skip
  4. C4+1.5% (+0.2% vs previous)safe to skip
  5. C5+1.8% (+0.3% vs previous)safe to skip
  6. C6+4% (+2.2% vs previous)safe to skip
How we calculated

The team comes from the open gcsim simulation database — the one closest to the teams in this guide. Only this character was changed: constellation and weapon. Teammates, artifact sets and rotation stay as in the original simulation; the whole team's substats are optimized to KQM standards separately for each weapon. C0 with Serpent Spine: 60,223 damage per second.

The gain depends on the team and investment: treat it as a guideline, not an exact number for your account. Original simulation · gcsim 4eda9fc, 2026-10-17

Talents

Normal Attack

Demonbane

Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive strikes. Charged Attack Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous spinning attacks against all nearby opponents. At the end of the sequence, performs a more powerful slash. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Scaling
1-Hit DMG138.4%
2-Hit DMG124.8%
3-Hit DMG158.8%
4-Hit DMG200%
Charged Attack Cyclic DMG111.3%
Charged Attack Final DMG201%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost40.0/s
Max Duration5.0s
Plunge DMG147.4%
Low/High Plunge DMG295%/368%
Elemental Skill

Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost

Chongyun strikes the ground with his greatsword, causing a Cryo explosion in a circular AoE in front of him that deals Cryo DMG. After a short delay, the cold air created by the Cryo explosion will coalesce into a Chonghua Frost Field, within which all Sword, Claymore and Polearm-wielding characters' weapons will be infused with Cryo.

Scaling
Skill DMG310%
Infusion Duration2.9s
Field Duration10.0s
CD15.0s
Elemental Burst

Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star

Performing the secret hand seals, Chongyun summons 3 giant spirit blades in mid-air that fall to the earth one by one after a short delay, exploding as they hit the ground. When the spirit blades explode, they will deal AoE Cryo DMG and launch opponents.

Scaling
Skill DMG256%
CD12.0s
Energy Cost40

Passive talents

Steady Breathing

Sword, Claymore, or Polearm-wielding characters within the field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost have their Normal ATK SPD increased by 8%.

Rimechaser Blade

When the field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost disappears, another spirit blade will be summoned to strike nearby opponents, dealing 100% of Chonghua's Layered Frost's Skill DMG as AoE Cryo DMG. Opponents hit by this blade will have their Cryo RES decreased by 10% for 8s.

Gallant Journey

When dispatched on an expedition in Liyue, time consumed is reduced by 25%.

Constellations

C1

Ice Unleashed

The last attack of Chongyun's Normal Attack combo releases 3 ice blades. Each blade deals 50% of Chongyun's ATK as Cryo DMG to all opponents in its path.

C2

Atmospheric Revolution

Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts cast within the Frost Field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost have their CD time decreased by 15%.

C3

Cloudburst

Increases the Level of Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4

Frozen Skies

Chongyun regenerates 1 Energy every time he hits an opponent affected by Cryo. This effect can only occur once every 2s.

C5

The True Path

Increases the Level of Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6

Rally of Four Blades

Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star deals 15% more DMG to opponents with a lower percentage of their Max HP remaining than Chongyun. This skill will also summon 1 additional spirit blade.

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